U.S. Attorney' Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
Recent News About U.S. Attorney' Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
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A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after admitting she lied under oath and in court filings about the fate of Tonka, a chimpanzee that once appeared in Hollywood films.
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A former employee of a financial firm in Missouri has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients.
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Thomas C. Albus has been sworn in as the Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Two Kansas City men have been sentenced for their roles in a 2022 carjacking that took place in St. Louis County.
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An Ohio man has been arrested on charges of defrauding a Missouri grocery chain out of more than $15 million in groceries and inventory.
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A St. Louis County man has admitted to selling fentanyl and methamphetamine to an undercover police detective, according to federal authorities.
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A Florissant man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges after fleeing St. Louis police, striking a city worker, and being found with a firearm and large quantities of drugs.
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Seven residents from southeast Missouri have been arrested following federal indictments related to methamphetamine distribution.
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A former mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service in St. Louis pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing checks from hundreds of pieces of mail and committing pandemic-related fraud.
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Three men from Florida have confessed to stealing jewelry and other valuables from homes in St. Louis County, including areas such as Ladue and Chesterfield.
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U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Jordin White, a 24-year-old felon from St. Louis, to 97 months in prison on Tuesday.
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A St. Louis area physician, Dr. Asim Muhammad Ali, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison following convictions in two separate criminal cases, one filed in 2020 and another in 2024. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey handed down the...
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A businessman from Jefferson County, Missouri, has admitted to failing to pay employment taxes for a decade, resulting in a tax loss of $774,081.
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A man from O’Fallon, Missouri, has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Judge John A. Ross handed down the 78-month sentence on Thursday.
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U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk has sentenced Ronald O. Perkins, a 30-year-old man from Black Jack, Missouri, to 34 years in prison for committing five armed robberies across Missouri and Illinois in 2023.
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U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. has sentenced Clayton E. Barnes, a 53-year-old resident of Kennett, to 128 months in prison for selling methamphetamine on two occasions in 2023.
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A man from St. Louis County has admitted to meeting a 14-year-old with the intent of engaging in sexual activity.
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A Cape Girardeau man has confessed to participating in the theft of a firearm from a gun store in Cape Girardeau County.
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A former middle school teacher from St. Louis County, Missouri, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp handed down the sentence on Monday.
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Two residents of St. Charles County have been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to harboring individuals who are in the United States illegally.